This concept of the Game of School is very interesting and convincing. The author successfully convinces me that this is the prevalent problem within the school systems around America. Yes, individual problems create the overall problems of education, and yes, these same individual problems create the Game of School. However, it appears to me that the Game of School is a sociological problem. It is very similar to the Culture of Poverty. The Game of School is a culture. One that the people breed from infancy onwards.
It is truly evident everywhere that the Game of School is being played. The story of the little children in the YMCA program is evident that it takes place on the lower educational level, but one can see it in high school through athletics. Athletes, oftentimes, go for the grade of a B only so they can do the sports that they wish to play. They coast by choosing easy classes to get the easy grades in hopes that they can stay playing sports and may be, for the extra ambitious, go to college on a sports scholarship. I myself among many others are accountable of playing the Game of School. It is truly automatic. That is how a cultural aspect, or in this case, problem is. It is automatic and it takes a lot of effort, and additional thought/introspection to combat it.
One solution to this Game of School could be to bring in speakers to lower level school systems, like elementary school, to inspire, educate, and uplift the students. It is amazing the impact a single man or woman can have on a child by a simple appearance or speech. These speeches given, let's say, once a month or however frequently a speaker can be brought in from the community and surrounding region, can really change the culture of the Game of School at an early age. It isn't proper to allow this culture to build up at an early age. Like most problems in society, the battle starts with the youth. A revolution of thought and everyday practice must take place because reform, which pertains itself to external issues, cannot solve the internal problem of this Game of School.
This concept of the Game of School is very interesting and convincing. The author successfully convinces me that this is the prevalent problem within the school systems around America. Yes, individual problems create the overall problems of education, and yes, these same individual problems create the Game of School. However, it appears to me that the Game of School is a sociological problem. It is very similar to the Culture of Poverty. The Game of School is a culture. One that the people breed from infancy onwards.
It is truly evident everywhere that the Game of School is being played. The story of the little children in the YMCA program is evident that it takes place on the lower educational level, but one can see it in high school through athletics. Athletes, oftentimes, go for the grade of a B only so they can do the sports that they wish to play. They coast by choosing easy classes to get the easy grades in hopes that they can stay playing sports and may be, for the extra ambitious, go to college on a sports scholarship. I myself among many others are accountable of playing the Game of School. It is truly automatic. That is how a cultural aspect, or in this case, problem is. It is automatic and it takes a lot of effort, and additional thought/introspection to combat it.
One solution to this Game of School could be to bring in speakers to lower level school systems, like elementary school, to inspire, educate, and uplift the students. It is amazing the impact a single man or woman can have on a child by a simple appearance or speech. These speeches given, let's say, once a month or however frequently a speaker can be brought in from the community and surrounding region, can really change the culture of the Game of School at an early age. It isn't proper to allow this culture to build up at an early age. Like most problems in society, the battle starts with the youth. A revolution of thought and everyday practice must take place because reform, which pertains itself to external issues, cannot solve the internal problem of this Game of School.